“Let me hear in the morning from your steadfast love, for I trust you.” (Ps.143:8)
Dear Lord Jesus, what we consume early impacts the rest of the day. I know this to be true, especially on the mornings when meager sleep or a heavy heart or a hurting body segue into the normal demands of life. When we break the evening fast only with caffeine + sugar—or if we skip breakfast all together, it is never the best choice. Far more so, what we first put into our spirit, mind, and heart affects our whole being, whole day, and every relationship.
So, we make the psalmist’s cry our own: “Jesus, feed us early in the morning with your steadfast love, new mercies, and Gospel-riches.” That’s what we need more than anything else. Intermittent fasting is one thing, being “stoopid” is another. Failing to feast on your love is like fasting oxygen and water. Because only your love is better than life. Only your love meets the deepest needs of our hearts and satisfies our eternal cravings.
Only your love is unwavering, Jesus, for all other loves are filled with conditions and contingencies. Only your love is unfailing, for all other loves are fickle and finite. Only your love can heal the greatest heart-wounds and traumas we carry. Only your love can move us from navel-gazing fixating to kingdom living and loving. And, when it comes to your love, there are a bunch more “only’s.” So this morning, mid-morning, for lunch, afternoon snack, early supper, and into-the-evening “snackage”—pour your love into our hearts afresh, Jesus (Romans 5:5). Hallelujah, and So Very Amen.
